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consisting of or relating to pictures
that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa
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as in graphic
producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
she writes a very pictorial kind of poetry, using words the way a painter applies strokes of color
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Recent Examples of pictorial
Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
The other side of this same coin is that the generative AI cannot display to the user a result in any pictorial way.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022
And your pictorial really brings it home.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
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Adjective
Sixty years later, the 214 fells featured in the pictorial guides are now known as the Wainwrights, and walkers collect them like Coloradans collect fourteeners.
—Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
The other side of this same coin is that the generative AI cannot display to the user a result in any pictorial way.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
Royal Oak: From Iconoclast to Icon, written by journalist and acting editor-in-chief of Wallpaper magazine, Bill Prince, and published by Assouline, is the first book on the famous AP model in a decade (the last book, mostly a pictorial, was written by Martin K. Wehrli and Heinz Heimann in 2012).
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022
And your pictorial really brings it home.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial
Noun
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Personal finance website WalletHub recently released the 2025 edition of its Best and Worst States to Retire list, ranking all 50 states on key factors that impact financial health and quality of life for retirees.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Feb. 2025
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Sign up here to receive in your inbox the next edition of Wonder Theory, brought to you by CNN Space and Science writers Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt and Jackie Wattles.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Samuel Clanton,
arkansasonline.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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One such method that falls under that category and aligns with Davidson's graphic description is ablative lasers, defined by the FDA as lasers that burn off the top layer of skin.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Visitors will enjoy an immersive experience, with a large digital screen bringing these iconic covers to life in vivid detail.—
Daniel Rodríguez Gordillo,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2025
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To supporters of the new law, the Riley case is a vivid illustration of why the bill was needed.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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According to a fact sheet for the F-35, the aircraft is worth $135 million dollars.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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How to get self-tanner stains out of clothing and sheets How to remove self-tanner Meet the experts wellness, lifestyle, and culture.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Back in the old days, astronomers would conduct galaxy surveys by taking deep space images on photographic plates and then measuring directly on the plates, in two-dimensions, the spatial distribution of the galaxies.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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In his highly photographic 4:3 frame (with picturesque, rounded edges), Kanawade tenderly unfurls each scene with intentionally languid rhythms, and extended beats between dialogue.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Lynch, who has died just a few days shy of his 79th birthday, was so extraordinary that fairly early in his career, his last name became the foundation of a descriptive adjective.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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Bleak would be a nice descriptive word to use when considering that 11% are disqualified as overweight, 8% for drug abuse and 4% due to mental health issues.—
Lonnie Groot,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2025
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Sure, there are endless sources chattering to the tabloid that this was maybe an homage to one of West’s album covers or a master plan by West to troll the world and get attention, one that Censori cosigns.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
3 Feb. 2025
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In order to support her brood of 14, Suleman starred in an adult film and worked with the tabloids on stories about her life.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
25 Jan. 2025
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The upcoming wrestling installment will add new features like intergender matches, new superstars, and two new game modes in addition to the usual gameplay and visual improvements.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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But a film that’s primarily selling eroticism, packed with club beats and the occasionally homoerotic visual gag?—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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